Friends Provident to close DB scheme to new members

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Friends Provident is closing its final salary pension scheme to new members and setting up a money purchase plan from July next year.

And the insurer said contribution rates for existing members would rise from 3pc to 7pc a year by 2010 if they wanted to retain a retirement age of 60. Existing members who do want to pay increase...

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